UNS — A Student Team for Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Grant from Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta established a village library in Sewurejo, Karanganyar Regency. The establishment of the library and the completion of the team MBKM grant program just finished in December 2021.
This library is located at a very strategic place since it is close to an Elementary School (SD), Al Qur’an Education Group (TPA), the village’s field, community mosque, and the Sewurejo Village Health Center (PKD). When interviewed by uns.ac.id, Elli Setianingsih, a member of the MBKM team, said that previously there was no library or reading spot in the village. “In Sewurejo, there are bookshelves displayed in the village head’s office already, but the display has no supporting facilities yet. Therefore, we from the UNS MBKM Program team built a library on vacant land under coordination with the Head of Sewurejo Village. Additionally, children literacy culture in this village is sparsely distributed,” she said on Sunday (23/1/2022).
The UNS MBKM team consisted of 10 (ten) students. Six students, Elli Setianingsih, Hania Andriani, Fadilah Mutia Latifah, Mochamad Charis, Chusnul Nurjannah, and Niqmah Ida, are from the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP). The other four, Adin Slamet R. from the Faculty of Agriculture (FP), Bella Sofie A. from the Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD), as well as Sansan N. and Budi Priyanto R., are from the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB). The team was under Feri Setyowibowo, Ph.D., during the program implementation.
Besides building the library, the team also provides the reading material to support the library. Moreover, they also open a donation to collect books, money, and library supporting equipment. Currently, there are quite diverse books available in the library, ranging from textbooks, general science, children’s reading books, fiction and non-fiction books.
“To introduce the library to the wider community, we held a launching ceremony. We also plan various programs, such as routine activities in the library starting from educational recreation, tutoring, comparative studies, and many others,” added the student from the Economics Education Study Program.
Concluding the interview, Elli hopes that the library can be managed properly and will be beneficial for the people of Sewurejo Village. Humas UNS
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